On April 11, 2024, Huawei held the HarmonyOS Ecosystem Spring Communication Conference, bringing a number of new products and technologies led by HarmonyOS Zhijie's first smart car, the Zhijie S7, and the new Huawei MateBook X Pro.
HarmonyOS Zhixing is leading the transformation of intelligent vehicles in an all-round way
With more than 30 years of technology accumulation in the ICT field, Huawei has demonstrated significant advantages in helping partners in the automotive industry succeed through the HarmonyOS ecosystem. The phenomenal hit model Wenjie, the new M7, has been on the market for 7 months, and the number is set to reach 174,000 units. In the first quarter of 2024, the cumulative sales of the new M7 reached 74,400 units, ranking first in the sales of a single model of a new domestic force.
The all-scenario smart flagship SUV Wenjie M9 has exceeded 70,000 units in just three months after its launch, setting a new record for the sales speed of 500,000 yuan luxury cars in China. In the first quarter of 2024, Wenjie ranked among the top five luxury brands in the Chinese market in terms of sales, witnessing the new pattern of luxury auto brands in China.
Intelligence continues to evolve, and the S7 brings new surprises
As the first smart car of HarmonyOS Zhixing, Zhijie S7 brings new and upgraded surprises, namely the first Huawei Visual Intelligent Driving HUAWEI ADS basic version, and the official launch of Zhijie S7 Ultra!
The S7 Pro will be equipped with HUAWEI ADS Basic Edition for the first time, and it does not rely on LiDAR and high-precision maps to achieve "fast and easy driving in national high-speed cities, and easy parking for intelligent parking" - the national high-speed and urban expressways support NCA intelligent driving pilot assistance, intelligent driving on and off ramps, and in scenarios such as road construction and cone barrel diversion, it has a certain ability to change lanes and avoid obstacles and detours. Smart parking supports more than 160 types of parking spaces, such as special-shaped parking spaces and custom parking spaces. At the same time, the battery pack of the Zhijie S7 Pro will be upgraded to 82kWh, and the CLTC comprehensive range will be increased to 705 km.
Since its release, the Zhijie S7, equipped with Huawei's eight "black technologies", has shown strong product competitiveness and gained a large number of fans by virtue of its superhuman intelligence, superior performance, all-round space, and efficient form. At this communication meeting, the new member of the Zhijie S7 model family, the Zhijie S7 Ultra, was officially unveiled. The S7 Ultra is equipped with a 100 kWh battery pack and has a CLTC combined range of 751 km.
Huawei's high-end intelligent driving city NCA has been fully upgraded, without relying on high-precision maps, so that the Zhijie S7 can be opened on all main roads and branch roads in 40,000+ cities and towns across the country. In practice, the success rate of incoming/outgoing elevated highways in Zhijia is as high as 99.2%[1]. Intelligent parking supports parking for driving, valet parking, remote control parking, and covers complex special-shaped parking spaces such as ultra-narrow parking spaces and mechanical parking spaces.
In terms of active safety, the omnidirectional collision avoidance system CAS2.0 protects driving safety in all directions - the forward AEB has an effective range of 4-150km/h and a maximum braking speed of 120km/h. The effective range of lateral active risk avoidance is 40-130km/h, and it actively recognizes water barriers, rows of cones, curbs, stationary and dynamic pedestrians, stationary and dynamic vehicles. Backward active safety supports active braking from 1 to 60km/h, actively identifies pedestrians, sports two-wheelers and cross-cutting vehicles, and reduces the probability of accidents.
At the same time, Huawei has built a rich scenario library on the AI training cluster, in which 12 million+ kilometers of simulation tests are conducted every day, with a learning and training computing power of 3.3E FLOPS (exascale floating point operations per second), and the model update rate is iterated every 5 days.
In terms of passive safety and battery safety, the body of the Zhijie S7 meets the C-NCAP five-star collision safety standard and the C-IASI collision safety requirements of the China Insurance Research Institute, and the battery pack is equipped with 13 layers of hard-core safety protection, which will not deform or fire during collision and support.
In terms of power and performance, the Zhijie S7 is equipped with HUAWEI DriveONE 800V high-voltage silicon carbide high-efficiency power platform as standard, with the fastest acceleration of 100 kilometers in 3.3s. At the same time, the Zhijie S7 was first equipped with Huawei's Turing intelligent chassis, which was jointly tuned by Huawei's German Research Institute to calmly cope with various working conditions with intelligent driving performance.
In terms of battery life and energy efficiency, the Zhijie S7 is equipped with Huawei's Giant Whale 800V high-voltage battery platform, with a minimum power consumption of 12.4kWh per 100km and a maximum range of 855km. In addition, after the Super Power Saving Mode 2.0 is enabled, the vehicle's comprehensive range will be increased by up to 10%, and the battery life will be increased with one click.
In terms of space experience, the length, width and height of Zhijie S7 are 4971*1963*1461mm, with a wheelbase of 2950mm, and the OneBox design concept is adopted, with a space utilization rate of up to 88%. The interior of the car adopts an innovative yacht enveloping cockpit design, co-pilot queen space, class-leading second-row space, and is equipped with double-layer silver-plated gradient sunscreen glass, front and rear silk cloud seats, and rear seat backrests with 27°/32° adjustable two gears to create an all-round large space. At the same time, the interior of the car is strictly made of environmentally friendly materials, and is equipped with ICAS (Intelligent Clean Air System) intelligent clean cockpit system, and the cabin air meets the five-star standard of "China Automobile Health Index" to care for the health of all personnel in the car.
In the field of smart cockpits, the HarmonyOS 4 Super Desktop 2.0 supports all mobile apps in the car, and the HUAWEI MagLink expands the screen for the rear row. It has the ability to encrypt data transmission, control sensitive permissions, and isolate personal data, comprehensively prevent network attacks, and have no worries about privacy. In addition, Xiaoyi, an in-vehicle smart assistant, will soon be connected to Huawei's Pangu model in May to become a more intelligent private car consultant.
This communication meeting also brought the latest car purchase rights and interests of Zhijie S7, as well as the care of old user owners. Consumers who newly purchase Zhijie S7 will enjoy 30,000 yuan worth of renewal rights, and old car owners[2] will enjoy 13,000 yuan worth of owner care, including 10,000 yuan cash red envelopes.
In addition to the news of Zhijie S7, this spring communication meeting also revealed the relevant information about the new M5 that everyone is concerned about. The new M5 will be unveiled on April 23, 2024 at the Beijing Motor Show, which is worth looking forward to.
The new Huawei MateBook X Pro is not a choice question in terms of thinness and performance
The all-new Huawei MateBook X Pro was also officially unveiled at the event. Pursuing the perfect combination of extreme thinness and powerful performance, the "light" is visible at a glance through the leap line design. Huawei's self-developed Cloud Falcon architecture cleverly solves the problem of difficult balance between lightweight and high performance of notebooks, and provides the optimal solution of lightweight and strong among Huawei notebooks. At just 13.5 mm thick[3] and weighing only 980 grams[4], the Huawei MateBook X Pro is the only notebook with an Ultra 9 high-performance processor in less than 1kg, supporting up to 40W of performance! In addition, the Super Turbo technology is optimized from the bottom to bring better power consumption, more efficient performance, and a smoother user experience.
The Huawei MateBook X Pro is the world's first 14.2-inch[6] flexible OLED conventional form notebook, with a 14.2-inch flexible OLED screen with an ultra-high screen-to-body ratio of 93%, a resolution of 3120 x 2080, and a PPI of up to 264. In terms of color performance, it supports native 1.07 billion color display[7], and has ∆E<1 professional-grade color accuracy performance in Adobe RGB, sRGB, and P3 color gamuts, and accurate color restoration. Up to 600 nits of brightness across the full screen, showing a peak brightness of 1000 nits[8] for HDR content. The self-developed OLED display enhancement algorithm and the strict standards of factory-by-machine color calibration bring a more realistic, clearer and smoother display effect and a more comfortable and reliable user experience.
The HUAWEI MateBook X Pro has been upgraded to a new level of smart experience, empowering Huawei's smart PCs in all scenarios, applying Huawei's Pangu model for the first time, adding the AI Overview[9] function, and being equipped with Huawei's AI space for the first time. Not only that, the product also cooperates with third-party partners such as Filmora and WPS to bring more comprehensive intelligence capabilities. The newly upgraded PC multi-screen collaboration supports P3 wide color gamut projection, and P3 wide color gamut projection with Huawei mobile phones[10], providing consistent picture color and detail performance, and taking the interconnection experience to a new level.
In addition, together with the Huawei MateBook X Pro, there is also the Huawei Wireless Mouse Starlight Edition, which is equipped with Starlight wireless communication technology, with adaptive frequency hopping algorithm, and the anti-interference ability is 4 times higher than that of the previous generation Huawei wireless mouse+, making it more stable in complex environments. In terms of appearance, the Huawei Wireless Mouse Star Flash Edition is made of micro-velvet material, which feels like brocade and silk, warm and skin-friendly like satin, and the two colors of inkstone black and clear blue are on the market with the MateBook X Pro, and the colors are more compatible!
In terms of price, the new Huawei MateBook X Pro starts at 11199 yuan. Among them, the Ultra 7 16GB/1TB version is priced at 11199 yuan, the Ultra 7 32GB/1TB version is priced at 12499 yuan, and the Ultra 9 32GB/2TB version is priced at 14999 yuan. The pre-sale will start at 16:08 on April 11, and it will be fully sold at 10:08 on April 18 on HUAWEI Mall/Huawei Authorized E-commerce, HUAWEI Experience Store/HUAWEI Authorized Retailer Platform. HUAWEI Care+ 3-year discounted price ¥1143* (suggested retail price ¥1299)
*Note: HUAWEI Care+ promotion period: April 11, 2024 to July 18, 2024. Huawei wireless mouse star flash version is priced at 229 yuan, 4month11day16:08Open pre-sale,4month18day10:08Sell in Huawei Mall and some authorized e-commerce。
The development of the HarmonyOS ecosystem is like a bamboo, and the Huawei Developer Conference 2024 is officially announced
The HarmonyOS ecosystem has once again reached a milestone, with Huawei officially announcing that more than 4,000 applications have joined the HarmonyOS ecosystem. From January 18 this year, when Huawei announced that the first batch of more than 200 application vendors were accelerating the development of HarmonyOS native applications, to the end of March, more than 4,000 applications, an increase of 20 times in just two months, covering more vertical applications. With the joint efforts of partners and developers in various fields, the HarmonyOS ecosystem has achieved complete vertical industry coverage, including applications in various fields such as convenient life, travel, cultural tourism, financial management, social information, productivity tools, government affairs and people's livelihood, news media, enterprise office, audio-visual entertainment, games, etc., are vying to start the development of HarmonyOS native applications, and continue to inject new vitality into the HarmonyOS ecosystem. Yu Chengdong, Executive Director of Huawei, CEO of Device BG, and Chairman of the Board of Directors of Intelligent Vehicle Solution BU, said: With the firm support of partners and developers, the future-oriented HarmonyOS strategy is about to achieve victory.
At the same time, Huawei also officially announced that it will hold its annual developer conference in June, and HarmonyOS NEXT HarmonyOS Galaxy Edition will start beta in June.
- The data comes from the HUAWEI ADS high-speed and urban expressway tests, and the data statistics are as of April 2024, and the models cover the HarmonyOS Zhixing series ↑
- It does not include the old owners of the Zhijie S7 Pro. ↑
- The actual weight may vary depending on the product configuration, manufacturing process, and measurement method. ↑
- The actual weight may vary depending on the product configuration, manufacturing process, and measurement method. ↑
- Compared with the previous generation of Huawei MateBook X Pro, the data comes from Huawei Labs. ↑
- 14.2 inches is the size of the rounded corner. ↑
- To achieve 1.07 billion colors, you need to turn on HDR mode and display it with a content source that supports 10-bit. ↑
- HDR mode needs to be turned on, and the local peak brightness can reach 1000 nits with HDR content source display, please refer to the actual usage ↑
- Subsequent OTA upgrades. If you have any questions about the user experience, usage restrictions, and supported models, please contact Huawei customer service ↑
- As of the product release, there may be slight differences depending on the application software, screen settings, usage habits, environment and other factors, please refer to the actual experience. For the latest supported device models, please refer to the official website or contact Huawei customer service. ↑